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Study Results Provide New Insights into Biophysical Impacts of Small Hydropower Systems

Researchers conclude in a new report that a global push for small hydropower projects, supported by various nations and also the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, may cause unanticipated and potentially significant losses of habitat and biodiversity.

20 Jun 2013

NatureWorks and Calysta Energy to Develop Innovative Process for Fermenting Methane into Lactic Acid

Calysta Energy™ and NatureWorks have entered into an exclusive, multi-year collaboration to research and develop a practical, world-scale production process for fermenting methane — a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) — into lactic acid, the building block for Ingeo™, lactide intermediates and polymers made from renewable materials.

19 Jun 2013

Study Confirms Link Between Global Cooling and Crash in Marine Ecosystem

A “cold snap” 116 million years ago triggered a similar marine ecosystem crisis to the ones witnessed in the past as a result of global warming, according to research published in Nature Geoscience.

18 Jun 2013

Emissions Should be Cut More in Oil Wells and Power Plants Than Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Making cars more fuel-efficient is great for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but rather than promoting sales of electric and other alternative-fuel vehicles, policymakers should turn their focus to cutting emissions in other energy sectors—from oil wells and power plants to farms and forests affected by biofuels production—says a University of Michigan researcher.

13 Jun 2013

Richer Coastal Areas in China Outsource Carbon to Poorer Interior Provinces

Just as wealthy nations like the United States are outsourcing their dangerous carbon dioxide emissions to China, rich coastal provinces in that country are outsourcing emissions to poorer provinces in the interior, according to UC Irvine climate change researcher Steve Davis and colleagues.

11 Jun 2013

EPSRC Awards Funding for Studying Geological Safety of Storing Carbon Dioxide Underground

£3.27 million has been awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), as part of the Research Councils UK Energy programme, to four research projects to study the geological viability and safety of storing CO2 underground in depleted North Sea oil and gas fields or saline aquifers.

7 Jun 2013

Akermin Successfully Tests Biocatalyst Delivery System at National Carbon Capture Center

Akermin announces the successful commissioning and testing of its proprietary Biocatalyst Delivery System at the National Carbon Capture Center in Wilsonville, AL. The pilot unit has operated continuously for several weeks capturing close to 90% CO2 from flue gas with significant rate enhancement and no degradation in performance.

4 Jun 2013

CFCs Conspire with Cosmic Rays to Cause Polar Ozone Hole and Global Warming

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are to blame for global warming since the 1970s and not carbon dioxide, according to new research from the University of Waterloo published in the International Journal of Modern Physics B this week.

31 May 2013

2013 Sees Substantial Jump in Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal

After a major fall-off in carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution from coal-fired electric power plants of 13.1 percent between 2005 and 2012, the first quarter of 2013 has seen a substantial jump in carbon dioxide emissions from coal – a 7.1 percent increase in the first three months of 2013 compared to the same period last year, according to a new Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) analysis of recent data from the U.S Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

24 May 2013